NEWS: Add notes for cairo 1.5.12

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+Snapshot 1.5.12 (2008-02-28 Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>)
+===========================================================
+This is the sixth snapshot in cairo's unstable 1.6 series. It comes 1
+week after the 1.5.10 snapshot. This snapshot includes the
+long-awaited change from 16.16 to 24.8 fixed-point values, (see below
+for why you should care).  It also includes several backend-specific
+bug fixes.
+
+24.8 fixed-point format
+-----------------------
+Cairo has always converted path coordinates to a fixed-point
+representation very early in its processing. Historically, this has
+been a 32-bit representation with 16 bits of integer for the
+device-pixel grid and 16 bits of sub-pixel positioning. The choice of
+16 bits for the integer coordinate space was based on the 16-bit limit
+for X Window drawables.
+
+This 16-bit limit has proven problematic for many applications. It's
+an especially vexing problem when targeting non-X backends that don't
+have any 16-bit restriction. But even when targeting cairo-xlib, it's
+often desirable to draw a large shape, (say a background rectangle),
+that extends beyond the surface bounds and expect it to fill the
+surface completely, (rather than overflowing and triggering random
+behavior).
+
+Meanwhile, nobody has ever really needed 16 bits of sub-pixel precision.
+
+With this snapshot, the fixed-point system is still in place and is
+still using a 32-bit representation, (future versions of cairo might
+move entirely to floating-point when targeting PDF output for
+example). But the representation now provides 24 bits of pixel
+addressing and only 8 bits of sub-pixel positioning. It is hoped that
+this larger space is adequate to avoid pain for many application
+developers.
+
+Note that the 24-bit limitation is only on the range of the allowable
+device space. It is still legitimate to arrange a transformation
+matrix that provides an arbitrarily large user-space, (the space in
+which floating-point values are provided to cairo), as long as the
+post-transformed values fit within the 24.8 representation.
+
+generic fixes
+-------------
+Add a few tests to the test suite to increase coverage.
+
+Cleanup a few error-handling paths, (propagate error correctly).
+
+cairo-ft
+--------
+Fix handling of font sizes smaller than 1 device pixel.
+
+cairo-pdf
+---------
+Fix to properly save/restore clip when analyzing meta-surface
+patterns, (fixing a couple of test-suite failures).
+
+Implement native support for CAIRO_OPERATOR_SOURCE when the source
+pattern is opaque.
+
+Emit rectangles as PDF rectangles ("re" operator) rather than as
+general paths.
+
+cairo-ps
+--------
+Fix to work properly with the 16.16->24.8 change.
+
+cairo-svg
+---------
+Fix CAIRO_EXTEND_REFLECT by using an image fallback, (there's no
+direct SVG support for reflected patterns).
+
+Fix the use of alpha-only masks, (such as CAIRO_FORMAT_A8).
+
+cairo-quartz
+------------
+Add new API for efficiently using image data as a source:
+
+	cairo_surface_t *
+	cairo_quartz_image_surface_create (cairo_surface_t *image_surface);
+
+	cairo_surface_t *
+	cairo_quartz_image_surface_get_image (cairo_surface_t *surface);
+
+For full documentation, see:
+
+	http://cairographics.org/manual/cairo-Quartz-Surfaces.html#cairo-quartz-image-surface-create
+
+Several fixes for cairo_mask().
+
+cairo-atsui
+-----------
+Change default from from Monaco to Helvetica to be more consistent
+with other font backends.
+
 Snapshot 1.5.10 (2008-02-20 Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>)
 ===========================================================
 This is the fifth snapshot in cairo's unstable 1.5 series. It comes 3